WASHINGTON – Another member of Colorado’s congressional delegation has weighed in on the Rush Limbaugh “phony soldiers” fracas, this time generating an on-air thank-you from the broadcaster.

Rep. Doug Lamborn, R-Colorado Springs, went to the House floor last week to defend Limbaugh.

“I rise today to denounce the liberals’ fraudulent attacks on Rush Limbaugh,” Lamborn said Thursday. “Anyone who reads the widely available transcript, as I have done, sees that Mr. Limbaugh was appropriately referring to the pretenders who pose as medal winners, or who falsely claim to have committed atrocities in Iraq, when he used the phrase ‘phony soldiers.”‘

Democrats, including Rep. Mark Udall of Eldorado Springs and Sen. Ken Salazar of Colorado, chastised Limbaugh for comments he made on his talk-show broadcast.

Democrats interpreted those comments to mean Limbaugh referred to military members critical of the Iraq war as “phony soldiers.”

Limbaugh said he was referring to people who lie about military service.

Lamborn backed Limbaugh’s version of events.

“Mr. Limbaugh deserves mega kudos for being a forceful and effective voice on the side of common sense and for being an example of the First Amendment in action,” Lamborn said.